Furniture-drawer



(No Model.)

D. M. ESTEY. FURNITURE DRAWER.

No -434,044. 'Patented A11g.12,1890.

WITNESSES .To all whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID M. ESTEY, or owosso, MICHIGAN.

FURNITURE-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,044, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed December 8 1888. Serial No. 292,971. (No model.)

Be it known that I, DAVID M. ESTEY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Drawers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement 'in furniture-drawers, and more particularly to the method of securing the ends to the sides, and is designed as an improvement upon the drawer for which an application'for Letters Patent of the United States was filed by Dwight C. Clapp on May 16, 1888, Serial No. 274,040, and granted October 1, 1888, No.

The object of this invention is to produce a drawer which shall be of such construction that it willbe prevented from binding against the pilasters, thereby making it difficult to open or close in damp weather; furthermore, to produce a drawer of the simplest construction and highest efficiency and durability in use.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the improved method of dovetailing the drawer side to the ends, whereby the sides will be prevented from touching the pilasters, and thus overcome any tendency to stick or bind; furthermore, in the various novel details of construction, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one method of carrying my invention into eifect, although the same may be done in other ways without in the least departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a drawer, showing a strip of wood secured across one end. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my peculiar dovetail. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the side and end of a drawer connected and clearly illustrating my invention, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view.

In the case above referred to the same result aimed at in my invention is accomplished, but in a different manner. In that case, in order to prevent the sides of the drawer binding against the pilasters, the same are dropped back from the ends, so that when the sides are secured in position upon the ends a shoulder is left projecting on each side. The obj eat I have inview is to produce the same result without having to drop back the sides of the drawer, and to accomplish this I secure upon the end of the drawerA to be dovetailed a piece of wood 1, equal in width to the length of the dovetail and of sufiicient thickness to admit of its being dressed down, as shown in Fig. 3 at 2, thus leaving a curved projection on each side of the drawer instead of a square shoulder. If desired, however, instead of securing apiece of wood to the drawer and extending across the same,which is cut away in the process of dovetailing and leaves the proj ections 3, as shown in Fig. 2, a piece of wood equal to the size of the dovetail may be secured to each of the same, thus producing the same result; but for cheapness and facility of manufacture the strip is preferred.

When the drawer is fitted up, the pieces upon the dovetails are dressed down by means of a suitable tool, thereby presenting the curved projection on the sides of the drawer, as shown, thus obviating the necessity of cutting away the drawer end, which requires both time and labor, and is objectionable in that the square shoulders left on each side do not present the neat and finished appearance of that shown in the present invention. thus be seen that by adding the additional thickness to each of the dovetails and then dressing them down after the drawer has been secured together a neat and finished drawer will be produced, and which will answer the same purpose and obviate the same difficulties, as in the case above referred to.

It will be obvious that the dovetails in the front of the drawer must be of such length that when the drawer is put together they will project beyond the sides a distance equal It Willto the thickness of the strip, so that when subsequently dressed down the curved projection will consist of the dovetails at and interposed blocks 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a drawer, the combination, with thesides provided with dovetails, of the front provided with corresponding dovetails projecting beyond said sides and curved or rounded, as

shown, and curved blocks interposed between the projecting dovetails of said front and flush therewith, so as to form a curved projection, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID M. ESTEY.

Witnesses:

NEWTON BALDWIN, M. L. STEWART. 

